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Felix Mendelssohn

Notable works by Felix Mendelssohn.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a two-act ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's music to Shakespeare's play of the same

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Eugene Ormandy recording)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 51-minute studio album containing the overture and most of the incidental music that Felix Mendelssohn wrote to accompany William Shakespeare's play of the same name.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)

On two occasions, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum). First in 1826, near the start of his career, he wrote a

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Seiji Ozawa recording)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 55-minute studio album containing the overture and almost all of the incidental music that Felix Mendelssohn wrote to accompany William Shakespeare's play of the same

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Antigone (Mendelssohn)

Antigone, Op. 55, MWV M 12, is a suite of incidental music written in 1841 by Felix Mendelssohn to accompany the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, staged by Ludwig Tieck. The text is based on Johann

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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Mendelssohn)

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt), Op. 27, is an orchestral concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by the same pair of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Cello Sonata No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58, was composed in late 1842 (announced in November letters) — first half of 1843 (published in July by F. Kistner). The main theme of the

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Christus (Mendelssohn)

Christus is the title of an unfinished oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, which exists only as a collection of fragments. The title was given to the work by the composer's brother, Paul, and it was

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Clarinet Sonata (Mendelssohn)

The Clarinet Sonata in E major (MWV Q15) is a composition for clarinet and piano by Felix

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Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)

The Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4, also known as the Double Concerto in D minor, was written in 1823 by Felix Mendelssohn when he was 14 years old. This piece is

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Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-flat major (Mendelssohn)

The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A major was written by Felix Mendelssohn when he was 15 years old, and is dated 12 November 1824. This concerto and its predecessor, the E major concerto,

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Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)

The Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor, MWV O 3, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn at the age of thirteen. It has three movements, Allegro–Andante–Allegro, and performance duration

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Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen

Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge), MWV B 53, is the incipit of a motet for an eight-part choir a cappella by Felix Mendelssohn. He wrote it in 1844 for the

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Die beiden Neffen

Die beiden Neffen (The Two Nephews), also known as Der Onkel aus Boston (The Uncle from Boston), is a three-act Singspiel by Felix Mendelssohn to a libretto by Johann Ludwig

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Die Deutsche Liturgie

, MWV B 57, is a collection of musical settings of the ten sung elements in the Protestant liturgy, composed by Felix Mendelssohn for double choir a cappella. He wrote it in 1846 for the Berlin

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Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Die erste Walpurgisnacht (The First Walpurgis Night) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe telling of efforts by Druids in the Harz Mountains to practice their pagan rituals in the face of new and

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Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde

Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde (German, The Return Home from Abroad), known in English as Son and Stranger or Return of the Roamer, is a one-act Singspiel written by Felix Mendelssohn in 1829 to a

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Die Hochzeit des Camacho

Die Hochzeit des Camacho (Camacho's Wedding) is a Singspiel in two acts by Felix Mendelssohn, to a libretto probably written largely by , based on an episode in Don Quixote by Cervantes. The opera is

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Die schöne Melusine

Ouvertüre zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op. 32, (German: Overture to the Legend of the Fair Melusine) is a concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn written in 1834. It is generally referred to

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Drei Motetten, Op. 39 (Mendelssohn)

(Three motets), Op. 39, is a collection of three sacred motets for women's voices and organ by Felix Mendelssohn. Composed in 1830 for different liturgical occasions and in different scoring, they

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Elijah (oratorio)

Elijah (), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah as told in the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings of the Old Testament. It premiered on 26

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Festgesang

The "Festgesang", also known as the "Gutenberg Cantata", was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in the first half of 1840 for performance in Leipzig at the celebrations to mark the putative 400th

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol authored by Charles Wesley in 1739. The carol, based on Luke 2:8–14, describes an angelic chorus singing of Christ's nativity. Wesley's

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Hear my prayer

"Hear my prayer" () is an anthem for soprano solo, chorus (SATB) and organ or orchestra composed by Felix Mendelssohn in Germany in 1844. The first performance took place in Crosby Hall, London, on 8

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Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt (Mendelssohn)

Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt ("Exult in the Lord, entire world" or "Shout to the Lord" ), WoO. 28, is an anthem for choir a cappella, a setting of Psalm 100 in German composed by Felix Mendelssohn

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Lauda Sion (Mendelssohn)

Lauda Sion (Praise Zion), Op. 73, (MWV A 24) is an extended composition by Felix Mendelssohn. He set parts of Lauda Sion, a sequence in Latin for Corpus Christi in 1846. The piece in eight movements

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Lobgesang

Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 (MWV A 18 ), is an 11-movement "Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra" by Felix Mendelssohn. After the composer's death it

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Lord, have mercy upon us (Mendelssohn)

Lord, have mercy upon us (in German: Herr, sei gnädig), WoO. 12, MWV B 27, is the incipit of a motet for choir a cappella in both English and German composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1833. It is also

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Marilyn Horne & Frederica von Stade: Lieder & Duets

Marilyn Horne & Frederica von Stade: Lieder & Duets is a 49-minute classical studio album in which Horne sings songs by Robert Schumann and Antonin Dvoŕák, and Horne and von Stade sing duets by Felix

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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (Nathan Milstein album)

The recording of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto by Nathan Milstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter was the first classical long-playing record, and the first 12" LP

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Mitten wir im Leben sind (Mendelssohn)

is a motet by Felix Mendelssohn as the third and final part of his Kirchenmusik, Op. 23, described as a "small choral work", for SSAATTBB choir, a cappella in the key of C minor in cut time. The text

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Octet (Mendelssohn)

The String Octet in E major, Op. 20, MWV R 20, was written by the 16-year-old Felix Mendelssohn during the fall of 1825 and completed on October 15. Written for four violins, two violas, and two

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Organ Sonatas (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65, were published in 1845. Mendelssohn's biographer Eric Werner has written of them: "Next to Bach's works, Mendelssohn's Organ Sonatas belong to the

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Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, was written in 1830–31, and premiered in Munich on 17 October 1831. This concerto was composed in Rome during a travel in Italy after the

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40, was written in 1837 by Felix Mendelssohn and premiered at the Birmingham Festival on 21 September that year, an event that also saw the premiere of

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Piano Quartet No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2, for piano, violin, viola and cello was published in 1823, a year after his first Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1. This work is

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Piano Sextet (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110, MWV Q 16, for piano, violin, two violas, cello, and double bass was composed in April–May 1824, when Mendelssohn was only 15, the same time he

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Piano Trio No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49, was completed on 23 September 1839 and published the following year. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello

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Piano Trio No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

The Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66, was written by Felix Mendelssohn in 1845 and published in February

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Psalm 42 (Mendelssohn)

Psalm 42, Op. 42 (MWV A 15) Wie der Hirsch schreit (As pants the hart) is a cantata by Felix Mendelssohn, setting Psalm 42 in German. It was written and published in 1837 (revised 1838) for soloists,

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Rondo capriccioso (Mendelssohn)

The "Rondo capriccioso", Op. 14, MWV U67, is a composition for solo piano by Felix Mendelssohn. The work consists of two linked sections: a lyrical Andante in E major and a virtuosic Presto in E

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Scotch Symphony

Scotch Symphony is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, "Scottish". The ballet is inspired by Scotland, and evokes the style of the romantic ballet era,

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Sechs Lieder, Op. 59 (Mendelssohn)

Sechs Lieder (Six songs), Op. 59, is a collection of six part songs for four voices a cappella by Felix Mendelssohn. He composed the songs between 1837 and 1843, setting six poems in German. They are

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Songs Without Words

Songs Without Words () is a series of short lyrical piano works by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn written between 1829 and 1845. His sister, Fanny Mendelssohn, and other composers also wrote

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St. Paul (oratorio)

St. Paul (in German Paulus), Op. 36, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn. The composer oversaw versions and performances in both German and English within months of completing the music in early

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String Quartet No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

The String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1827. Written when he was 18 years old, it was, despite its official number, Mendelssohn's first mature string

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String Quartet No. 3 (Mendelssohn)

The String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1, MWV R 30 was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in July 1838 at the age of 29. It premiered in 1839, then was published later in 1840. It is a

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String symphonies (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn wrote thirteen string symphonies between 1821 and 1823, when he was between 12 and 14 years old. (For his mature symphonies, see here). These symphonies were tributes to Classical

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Symphony No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11, is a work by Felix Mendelssohn, completed on 31 March 1824, when the composer was only 15 years old. The autograph score was published in

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Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn)

The Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18, known as the Scottish, is a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1829 and

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Symphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn)

The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, MWV N 16, commonly known as the Italian, is an orchestral symphony written by German composer Felix

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Symphony No. 5 (Mendelssohn)

The Symphony No. 5 in D major/minor, Op. 107, known as the Reformation, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The

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The Dream (ballet)

The Dream is a one-act ballet adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with choreography by Frederick Ashton to music by Mendelssohn arranged by John Lanchbery. It was premiered by The

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The Hebrides (overture)

The Hebrides (; ) is a concert overture that was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830, revised in 1832, and published the next year as Mendelssohn's Op. 26. Some consider it an early tone poem. It

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Variations sérieuses

Variations sérieuses, Op. 54, MWV U 156, is a composition for solo piano by Felix Mendelssohn consisting of a theme in D minor and 17 variations. It was completed on 4 June 1841. A typical

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Verleih uns Frieden (Mendelssohn)

(Grant us peace) by Felix Mendelssohn is a short, tripartite musical setting of a prayer for peace by Martin Luther. Mendelssohn composed the one-movement work for mixed choir and orchestra in 1831.

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Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14, is his last concerto. It was well received at its premiere and has remained as one of the most prominent and highly regarded violin

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Violin Sonata in F major (Mendelssohn, 1838)

The Violin Sonata (No. 3) in F major, MWV Q 26, was composed in 1838 by Felix Mendelssohn, but remained unpublished during the composer's lifetime. It remained so until 1953 when violinist Yehudi

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Vom Himmel hoch (Mendelssohn)

, MWV A 10, is a Christmas cantata by Felix Mendelssohn. He composed the chorale cantata, based on Luther's hymn "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her", in 1831, setting selected stanzas with unchanged

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Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It

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Wer bis an das Ende beharrt

(He that shall endure to the end), is a motet for a four-part choir by Felix Mendelssohn. He wrote it as part of his oratorio Elijah, published in

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